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UNITED STATES l,657,836 PATENT OFFICE.

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Original application filed June 25, 1925, Serial No. 39,442. Divided andthis application fled' September 4, 1926.

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No.39,442, filed June 25, 1925. The subject matter of the presentapplication relates more particularly t0 the features of constructioninvolving a magnet which is embodied in the coin-con trolled mechanismto prevent the vending means being operated when a magnetic slug isinserted in the machine. I I An object of the invention is to provide aconstruction for this purpose which may be readily embodied in thecoin-controlled mechanism forming the subject of the pai-, entapplication. Otherobjects' are simplicity, durability, reliability,inexpensiveness and effectiveness. Other objects and advantages wi llhereinafter appear; I v

The invention includes various features of construction and combinationof parts, as

will appear from the following descri tion. I

According to the invention as carrie out in the illustrated embodimentthereof, a magnet is employed" to remove a paramagnetic slug from a coincarrier, and, more particularly, the magnet is moved to disen gage suchslug from a-coin-holding slot in. the coin carrier and thereafter a.jolt imparted to the magnetfor thereby dislodg ing theslug therefrom anddiscarding .it.

I shall now. describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and shall thereafter point out my invention inclaims.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of. the lower part of a coin-controlledvending machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial irregularvertical section taken. substantially on the zig-zag line 22 of Figs. 1and 7.

Fig. 2 is a partial horizontal section on i the line 22 of Fig. 2, butturned ninety degrees in a counterclockwise direction.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Figs. 2, 4 and 8.

of the machine partly in vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial vertical section on the line. 5--5 ofFigs. 2 and 8.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the magnet and the parts carried thereby, asviewed from the right in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 isa horizontal section on the line Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe base part Serial No. 138,615. I I I 7 -7 of Figs. 1 and 2, withthemachine in the position shown inFig. 1.

Fig. 8 is-a similar horizontal section on the line 8--8 of Figs. land 2.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged partial .vertical sec tion substantially 2 and 8.I I

Fig. 10 is a partial horizontal section on on the line 99 of Figs.

the line 10l0 of Figs. 3 and 5, drawn sub- I stantially to the scale ofFig. 5.

A case-forming base for the machine comprises an enclosing side wall 1,"a flatto wall 2, shown as formed in, one piece wit the side wall 1, abottom closure 3 and a removable front slide 4' guided at its edges ingrooves formed in forwardl ojectin portions of theside wall 1, andprovided with an inner top flange 5 which is in align- 'ment with andforms a continuation of the top wall or base cover 2 as shown mostclearly inFig. 2. The side wall 1 is extended above the periphery of thetop closure 2 to form a circumferential bead 6, and the top flange 5 ofthe front slide 4 is thickened, as shown at 7 in Fig. 3 to form. acontinuation of the bead 6. I I

The top closure-2 of the base forms'the floor or bottom of. a packagecontaining magazine which includes a glass cylinder 8 'whichatits lowerend rests upon a gasket as shown-on the top of the periphery of themagazine bottom 2 and ust'. within the shoulders formed by, thebeadsrd-and 7, so

that the cylinder 8 rests upon the flange 5 of the slide 4 toprevent theremoval of this slide, asshown in Figures 2 and .7.-

An innerrotative upright magazine member comprises a circumferentialseries of.

vertical equidistantly spaced peripherally open package-containingchannels 9, shown.

as eight in number (Fig. 7) and which may be formed by suitably bentstrips of sheet metal. The lower ends of the channels 9 are carried by alower disc 10 which is secured to a flanged disc 11 which rotatively'fits into an opening in the magazine bottom 2 and which looselysurrounds a central shaft or tie rod 12. Packages 13 to be pur- I chasedand delivered from the machine are contained. in the magazine channels 9in which they. may move downward by avity.

A' rotative purchase-delivering p ate 14 located immediately beneath themagazine bottom 2 is connected to the above described rotative magazinemember. The lower disc 10 of the magazine, the flanged disc 11 and thedelivery plate 14 are shown as rotatively connected together by means ofa pair of lugs 11 on the upper side of the disc 11 entering holes in thedisc 10 and a pair of lugs l1 on the lower side of the disc 11 enterinholes in the delivery plate 14. Also the an ed disc 11 is shown asprovided with a s ight upper boss 11 over which the magazine plate 10fits and with a longer lower boss 11 which passes through and extendsbelow the delivery plate 14. The delivery plate 14 is provided with acircumferential series of equidistantly spaced package-deliveringopenings 14 corresponding in number and in vertical alignment with thechannels 9, these openings being formed by peripheral notches in theplate 14.

The magazine bottom 2 is provided with an exit opening 2 (Fig. 7)through which the packages 13 may be dropped into the correspondingaligned slot in the plate 14, a segmental lower floor plate 15 (Figs. 4,7 and 8% the de ivery plate 14 upon which a package carried-by thedelivery plate may be moved alon to the purchase-delivering position forelivering a single purchase. For thus delivering a single package 13,the floor plate 2 of the magazine and the delivery plate 14 are each ofsubstantially the same thickness as any one of the packages 13. When theplate 14 reaches its delivery position, the package carried thereby willdrop into a chute 16, and will slide down the inclined bottom of thischute into an external reception cup 17, shown as formed on the base 1.

A releasable locking device, to be released by a moving coin, isprovided and is normall effective to stop and positively lock theelivery plate 14 together with the above described rotative magazinemember against rotative movement in either direction away from anydelivery position of the plate 14. Such locking device is shown ascomprising a double acting locking pawl 18 pivoted within the base 1 ona vertical pivot 19 and normally pressed to its engaging position by aspring 20, to engage in the outer end of one of the emptypackage-delivering notches 14 of the delivery plate 14, thereby, asclearly shown in Fig. 8, positively locking the dellver plate 14 againstrotative movement in eit ier direction. This plate 14 thus becomes .acoin-controlled locking plate formingv a part of the coin-controlledmechanlsm.

For disengaging or releasing the locking awl 18, a coin-operated triprod 21. which is apush rod, shown as rectangular in cross section, isprovided extending substantially diametrically across the upper part ofthe being provided immediately below casing 1, being guided at itsforward end in a vertical partition wall 22, which extends across theforward part of the casing 1 in spaced parallel relation to the slide 4and bearing a substantially similar relation to a front lower flat wallportion 23 of the easing 1, and this partition wall 22 may be cast inone piece with the casing 1, or it may be a separate casting firmlysecured in place therein. At its rear end the slidable pawlreleasingpush rod 21 has a reduced portion 21 which loosely engages in a hole 18(Fig. 9) in the locking pawl 18, this reduced portion forming a shoulder21" whereby rearward movement of the push rod 21 will disengage the pawl18 from the delivery plate 14. The forward end of the push rod 21normally projects through the partition 22 and is provided with aninclined cam surface 21 as shown in the drawings, which is normally inthe path of the rear edge portion of a coin 24 to be engaged thereby asthe coin is moved from left to right, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of thedrawings. whereby the coin 24 as it moves between the partition 22 andfront slide 4 will push back the push rod 21 and thereby disengage thepawl 18, such disengagement of the pa '1 18 being effected preparatoryto a rotativc purchase-delivering movement of the delivery plate 14 anda corresponding package-supplying movement of the rotative magazinemember. A slight further forward movement of the coin 24 beyond thepawl-disengaging position thereof will carry the coin beyond the, end ofthe pawl-releasing push rod 21, thereby permitting the pawl spring 20again to become effective for urging the pawl 18 towards its lockingposition in readiness again to stop and positively lock the deliveryplate 14 at the next succeeding delivery position.

Means are provided for limiting the forward movement of the push rod 21,such means being shown as a leaf spring 25 which at its lower end issecured by means of a screw to a boss 22 formed on the inner side of thepartition wall 22, the upper end of the spring 25 engaging in a notch inthe lower side of the push rod 21, as shown in Figs. 2 and 10, thisspring also being effective to return the push rod to its normal forwardposition. As soon as the coin 24 has passed the projecting cam end 21 ofthe push rod 21 the latter will be thrust forward by its spring 25 toits normal position independently of the locking pawl 18, therebyleaving the latter to be separately returned later to its lockingposition without the possibility of such return movement of the pawlbeing hampered by the push rod, the shoulder 21 on the push rod havingmoved away from the pawl by reason of the reduced rear end 21 slidingforward in the hole 18 in the pawl 18, as will be readily understood.

, locked delivery position thereof. A spur and 8).

gear 26 coaxial with the delivery plate 14 fits over the lower boss 1'1of the flanged disc 11 and is shown as coupled to the delivery plate 14by means of a. pair of lugs 26 on the upper side of the gear 26 whichenter holes in the delivery plate 14, as is shown in Figs 2, 7 and 8.The disc 10, disc 11, plate 14 andgear26 are all firmly held together bymeans of bolts 26 (Figs. -7

A second spur gear 27 which is a coinoperated drive member, forward ofthe cen tral spur gear 26, meshes therewith and is fixed on the upperend of a stubv shaft 28 journaled in the boss 22 on the partition wall22, the gears 26 and 27 being of the same diameter and having the samenumber of teeth so as to have unitary rotative movement in oppositedirections. The drive gear 27 is provided with a circumferential seriesof eight equidistantly spaced abutmentforming studs 29 which ojectdownwardly therefrom. Some one 0 these abutments or I studs29isnormally-in the pathof the moving coin 24, in position to be engagedthereby whilethe coin is still in engagement with the end of thecoin-operated lock-releasing push rod 21, as will be clear from Figs.,3and 5, whereby the delivery plate 14 will be in unlocked condition topermit initial rotative movement to be imparted thereto, and when, byreason of the subsequent further advance of the coin 24, the push rod'21 is .disengaged thereby, the locking pawl 18,-

being urged inward by its spring20, will ride upon the periphery of thedelivery plate 14 between two, adjacent purchase-deliver.

ing slots or notches 14* therein, thedisengaged push rod 21 beingreturned to its normal forward positionby'the spring 25. The travelingcoin 24 first unlocks the delivery plate 14 and then, by reason of itsengagement with one of the studs 29 rotates the delivery plate from oneof its delivery positions to the next succeeding docked deliveryposition, thereby assuring the delivery of 'a single purchase.

A manually operable coin carrier 30 is mounted for forward and backwardmovement and is shown as pivoted for rocking movement upon the forwardend ofa stud 31 fixed in the partition wall 22, which at this point isshown (Fig. 2) as formed with v a slight circular boss 31 entering acorresponding recess in the rear face of the coin carrier, and theportion-of the stud 31 fixed in the wall is shown as knurled. The coinmeans of a stud 32projecting from the front thereof in axial alignmentwith the rear stud 31 and journaled in the front casing wall 23.

The coin carrier 30 is in general arcuate carrier 30 is furtherpivotally supported by i v I or segmental in shape, as appears in Figs.

3 and 5, and is of a width or thickness substantially to fill thespace'between the partition wall 22 at the back,.and the front slide 4and fiat wall 23 at the front, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Upon itsarcuate left-edge portion. (Figs. 3 and 5) the coin carrier 30 isprovided with a projection or lug 33 for limiting the forwardcoin-carrying movement of the .coin carrier, b an upper stop lug 34'carried by t e partition wall 22, and for limiting the backward orreturn movement of the coin carrier by engagement with a lower stop 35,shown as provided on the lower end of a bracket member 36 secured to thebase 1 within the casing part thereof formed between the partition 22and the upperand lower front portions 4 and 23 of the base.

Afterthe coin carrier 30 has beenmoved forward manually by meanspresently to be described, it is retracted or returned to its normalosition by means of a retractile spring 3 attached indirectly tothe'lower portion thereof, through means presently to be described, andanchored in the base 1, as shown in Figs. 2, 3and 5, which show the coincarrier 30 in its normal orretracted position with its limiting lug 33abutting against the lower stop 35. At the top and near its forward edgethe coin carrier 30 is provided with a transverse coin-holding slot ornotch 38 for receiving somewhat snugly but freely the lower edge'of thecoin 24, and back of the'coin-receiving slot 38 a radlally inclinedshoulder 38 is provided. At the 'lield therein by means of pins 39, thisslot extending through the coin-holding slot 38 engaging and continuingwith considerable depth entirely around the right and lower edges'of thecoin carrier, for a purpose presently to be described. The bottom of thecoin-holding. slot '38 is curved upwardly atthe back on the arc of acircle, to fit snugly the edge of I I a coin, as shown in Fig. 2, inwhich the coin 24 is shown in broken linesv At the front side of. thecoincarrier the forward wall of the coin-receiving slot 38 projectsupwardly for some distance in the form of 'atapered finger 40 whichforms a com guide, this coin guide being shown as a separate piece setin a notch in the main body partof the coin carrier and firmly securedthereto by means of a screw, as shown in Fi 3.

A coin, such as the coin 24, may %e inserted into the machine through aninclined coin slot 41 provided in the removable slide 4, as shown inFig. 1. "When the coin 36 has been inserted into the slot 41 it isreceived at its lower edge in the slot 38 in the coin carrier and passesjust above the upper stop lug 34 upon which it may restin inclinedposition in front of the rounded end of the coin-pushing finger 39, asillustrated in Figs. 3 and 5. As the coin carrier is manually rocked ina forward direction against the tension of its spring 37, the finger 39pushes the coin forward with its lower edge seated in the slot 38 which,while it receives the coin freely, at the same time prevents anysidewise angular movement or rocking of the coin on the end of thefinger 39- As the coin 24 mdves forward, immediately at the beginning ofits movement, as will be clear from Figs. 3 and 5, its rear edge comesinto engagement with the inclined cam face 21 of the push rod 21 andpushes this rod back, thereby releasing the locking device; includingthe locking pawl 18, as will be readily understood. While the edge ofthe coin 24 is thus h0ld ing back the push rod 21, the upper forwardedge portion of the coin comes into engage ment with one of theabutmentpins or studs 29, whereupon a slight further forward movement ofthe coin will free the push rod 21, and continued forward movement ofthe coin will rotate the stud-carrying drive gear 27 through one-eighthof a complete rotation, thereby rotating the delivery plate 14 to itsnext delivery position, whereby a single purchase, comprising one of thepackages 13, will be delivered as hereinbefore described.

As the coin carrier 30 is retracted or moved backward by its spring 37the upper edge of the coin, which now inclines slightly in a forwarddirection, will be freed from the stud 29 and the coin will drop into acoin chute 42 and thence to the bottom 3 of the casing 1 through anopening 42 in the partition wall 22 (Fig. 3). To guard against coinsfalling into the mechanism of the machine, should the machine beinverted, a guard plate 43 is provided and is held in place in thecasing 1 by a spring 44.

Should the coin fail to free itself from the coin carrier, aspring-pressed coin-disengaging pawl 45 (Figs. 3, 5, 8 and 10) shown aspivotally mounted intermediate of its length on the partition wall 22,on a pivot pin 45 shown as a cotter pin, and having its hooked endprojecting within the wall into the path of the coin, will dislodge thecoin from the coin carrier, the outer face of the hook of the pawl beinginclined (Fig. 10) to form a cam "surface,

whereby the hooked arm of the pawl will be moved rearwardly by theadvancing coin, against the tension of a compression spring 45 engagingthe tail of the pawl 45 at the rear of the wall 22, the spring-pressedmovement of the pawl being limited by the boss 22.

Normally, or when no coin is carried by the coin carrier 30, thecoincarrier is free to be rocked idly forward and back between the limits ofits stops 34 and 35. In order to assure the proper operation of themachine and to prevent the loss of coins therein, means are providedwhich, when a coin is carried by the coin carrier, operate automaticallyto prevent backward or return movement of the coin carrier 30 from anyintermediate point of forward movement between its stops 34 and 35.

A three-armed lever 46 forming a feeler, is located in the hereinbeforementioned long, deep slot 30 in the coin carrier 30 and is pivoted tothe lower part of the coin carrier by means of. a pivot pin 47. Thelong, curved upper arm 46" of the lever 46 forms a feeler fingerterminating in a feeler tip 46*; the restoring spring 37 for the coincarrier is connected to the short arm 46 which extends downward andlaterally at an inclination to the right, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 5;and the. remaining arm 46 extends laterally to the left and at its freeend has pivoted thereto, by means of a pivot pin 48, a pair ofreversible pawls 49, one at each side of the arm, each pawl 49 having anarm to which is connected a small retractile spring 50 which is anchoredto the pivot pin 47 on the coin carrier, each spring having a tendencyto hold the corresponding pawl at the intermediate position thereofshown in the drawings, each pawl having a free pawl end which projectsradially in relation to the pawl pivot 48 and which in the positions ofthe parts shown in the drawings is also radial to the pivotal axis ofthe coin carrier provided by the pivot studs 31 and 32. A ratchet block51 provided with arcuat/ely arranged ratchet teeth in the path of thefree ends of the pawls 49 is fixed in the casing. The coin carrierspring 37 has a tendency to hold the upper free end of the feeler finger46 in engagement with the bottom of the slot 30 in the coin carrier, asshown in Figs. 3 and 5. At the end of each complete movement of the coincarrier 30 in either direction, the pawls 49 pass beyond and are freefrom the ratchet 51, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5 for the normal orretracted position of the coin carrier. The reversible pawls 49 havesquare-cornered ratchet-engaging ends and the teeth of the ratchet 51are correspondingly shaped. At the beginning of each movement, in onedirection or the other, the angular position of the pawls 49 is reversedwhen they strike the'end of the ratchet, so that thereby the pawls willwipe over the ratchet in each direction of complete movement of thecoincarrier 30. a

When the coin carrier is rocked away from its normal position shown inthedrawings, it will block or close the coin slot 41 against theinsertion of a coin. When thus rocked throughout a complete movement inthe forward direction, regardless of whether or not the coin carriercarries a coin in this forward movement, the coin carrier will bereturned by its spring 37 to its original retraeted position, therebyuncovering the coin slot 41 in the casingand'also leaving the coincarrier in position to receive a coin in its coin-holding slot 38.

Should the coin carrier 30 when it carries no coin be rocked forwardlyto an intermediate position, in'which the pawls 49 are in engagementwith the ratchet 51,'and then released, the feeler lever 46 yields,thereby permitting the pawls 49 to reverse, so that they are unable topreventreturn movement of the coin carrier, and the feeler tip 46 of thelever 46 moves across the empty coinholding slot38 which is in its path..After the pawls 49 have reversed, the feeler lever 46 ma return to itsnormal position in which its feeler tip 46 clears the coin-holding slot38, and the 'pawls may wipev over the teeth of the ratchet while thecoin carrier is returned to its normal position by the spring 37.

When the coin carrier 30 carries a coin it is positively locked againstbackward movement, by reason of the fact that-a coin, such as the coin24, in the coin-holding slot 38 blocks'the path of the feeler tip 46 ofthe feeler lever 46 and forms an abutment therefor which prevents therelease of the pawls 49, thereby preventing backward movement ofthecoin'carrier from any intermediate position and compelling a fullforward movement thereof and discharge of the coin therefrom, afterwhich the spring 37 may return the coin carrier to its 'normal positionshown in the drawings. mechanism prevents to and fro movements of thecoin carrier'while it carries a coin, which, it has been found, arealmost certain to dislodge the coin, which is then lost in the machine,without a purchase being delivered. Such mechanism is effective toprevent loss of coins in the machine, while it guarantees that themachine shall be left in normal condition, to permit the insertion of acoin therein. I 1 The means provided for manually impartin rockingmovement to the coin carrier 30 will now be described.v The coin carrier30 is provided with an-internally toothed segmental rack 52, formed inan elongated opening throu h the coin carrier; The rack 52 is engage bya pinion 53 which at ts outer end carries a head 54 which has a bearmgin contact with the,.uppr stop lu "passes loosely through and isjournaled in the pinion 53. The inner end 53 of the pinion 53 forms anabutment for a coiled thrust spring 58 which isheld under tension by anadjustin .nut 59 on the inner end of the handle sha. t 57. A washer 58is shown as interposed between the innerend of the spring 58 and the nut59, and another washer 58 interposed between the outer end of the spring58 and the inner end of the pinion 53 may engage the adjacent boss 22 onthe wall 22 to prevent the withdrawal of the shaft 57 and pinion 53. I

A friction cone clutch is provided for operatively connecting the handle56 to the pinion 53. The pinion head 54 forms the cup element of theclutch and the cone element 60 thereof is positively locked to thehandle 56 forrotative movement therewith,

by means of a square-shoulder tongue 60 which seats in a complementarygroove in the inner end of the handle hub 56 (Fig. 4) This frictionalclutch drive for the. coin carrier prevents the mechanism being brokenthrough undueforoe applied to the handle 56 in an effort to force thecoin carrier 30 beyond its limits of movement or to move it when it islooked, as hereinbefore described.

Means in accordance with my invention are provided to prevent themachine being caused to deliver a package by the insertion therein of aparamagneticslu such as iron or steel and which might be of t e'samedimensions as the coin 24. A laterally curved horseshoe magnet 61, shownas of U-shape, rests at its bent middle portion upon a small rounded lug36" in a notch provided between the lower stop In 35 and the lower partof the bracket 36 w ich carries this'lug and is comparatively looselyheld in place by the rounded lower end of an' inclined pin 62 carried byand shown as screwed into the bracket 36,-so that the magnet 61 is freeto i have a slight lateral rocking movement The laterally curved arms ofthe magnet 61 extend at an inclination bver and normally rest upon theupper stop lug'34 and terminate somewhat beyond the initial position ofthe inserted coin24, as shown in Fi $63 and 5. Normally the magnet armsare elld 34 y meansof a pair of springs 63 carrie by the magnet on lowerand upper pins 64 and 65 fixed in and extending etween the magnet arms,these springs bearing at their upper ends against the upper portion ofthe bracket 36 (Figs. 3, 5 and 6). The upper end of the inner magnet armor that adjacent to the partition wall 22 is beveled or cut away at thetop on a horizontal plane so as to clear the studs 29 as the gear 27 isrotated and as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6.

When a coin is inserted in the machine it comes into contact withthemagnet arms and pushes them slightly aside against the tension of themagnet springs 63, the outer magnet arm imparting a final inward impulseto the coin, which is received at its upper edge into the space betweenthe magnet arms, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Thus the coin will beheld in the coin carrier slot 38 by the spaced magnet arms and will besecurely retained in the machine, inward from the coin slot 41 and freetherefrom, by the outer arm of the magnet 61, so that the coin, such as24, cannot fall out of nor be extracted from the machine. Thispositioning and holding of the coin in cooperative relation with thecoin carrier 30 and with its forward edge free from the'coin slot 41 inthe casing, is a further desirable function of the magnet 61, thoughthis latter function of the magnet is not dependent upon its magnetism.

When the coin carrier 30 is rocked in the forward direction, the coin24- is carried freely away from the ends of the arms of the magnet 61.The magnet 61 is provided with a lower roller 66 and an upper roller 67,between the magnet arms and journaled respectively on the lower andupper springholding pins 64 and 65. The stop-engaging lug 33 on the coincarrier 30 is provided with a tapered projection or cam lug 68 whichnormally enters slightly between the arms of the magnet just below andsubstantially in contact with the lower roller 66 as shown in Figs. 3and 5. When the coin carrier 30 is rocked in its forward movement thecam projection 68 hearing against the roller 66 will immediately raisethe upper ends of the magnet arms, and when the projection 68 has movedupwardly beyond the roller 66 the springs 63 will cause the magnet armsto move uickly downward and inward and strike t e upper stop lug 34. Asimilar action will take place as the projection 68 asses the upperroller '67.

Shoul a magnetizable slug of substantially the dimensions of the coin 24be inserted into the machine the raising of the magnet arms as abovedescribed will lift the slu and raise its lower edge out of the coin-hoding slot 38in the coin carrier 30: When the ma et 61 has thus liftedthe magnetizable ug out of the coin-holding slot 38, such slug will befree to rock and tilt and obviously will be incapable of operatingeither the lock-releasing push rod 21 or the abutment carryin drive gear27 of the coin-controlled mec anism, and furthermore, the slug will bejarred loose from the magnet by the impact of the magnet arms againstthe upper stop lug 34 when the projection 68 passes be- Iyj ond themagnet roller 66, a similar jolt eing given the magnet when theprojection 68 passes the upper roller 67, and the slug will drop'intothe coin chute 42, without the purchase-delivering mechanism of themachine having been operated.

It is to be understood that various modifications may be made in theconstruction shown in the drawings and above particularly described,within the principle and scope of my invention as pointed out in theappended claims.

claim:

1. A coin controlled vending machine having, in combination, a purchasedelivering mechanism adapted to be operated by a moving coin, a coincarrier for moving the coin to cause the coin to operate said mechanismto deliver a purchase, the coin carrier being provided with acoin-holding slot, a magnet to remove a magnetizable slug from said slotand hold it in a position to render such slug ineffective to operatesaid mechanism, and means operated by the coin carrier for causing themagnet to discard such slug.

2. A coin-controlled vending machine having, in combination, apurchase-delivering mechanism adapted to be operated by a moving coin, acoin carrier for moving the coin to cause the coin to operate saidmechanism to deliver a purchase, the coin carrier being provided with acoin-holding slot, a movably mounted magnet normally in position to gripa magnetizable slug received in said slot, and means operated by thecoin carrier for moving the magnet to cause the magnet to remove suchslug from said slot thereby to render such slug ineffective to operatesaid mechanism and to discard such slu 3 A coin-controlled vendingmachine having, in combination, a purchase-delivering mechanism adaptedto be operated by a moving coin, a coin carrier for moving the coin tocause the coin to operate said mechanism to deliver a purchase, the coincarrier being provided with a coin-holding slot, a magnet ivotallymounted on movement toward an away from the portion of the coin carrierhaving said slot therein, a stop to limit the movement of the magnettowards the coin-carrier, a spring to urge the magnet against said stop,and coactin means associated with the coin carrier an magnet whereby thecoin carrier moves the magnet against the tension of its spring to causethe magnet to remove a magnetizable slug from said slot and releases themagnet to permit its spring to cause the magnet to strike against saidstop'thereby to free such slug from the magnet and discard it.

4. A vending machine having, in combination, vending means,coin-controlled mechanism for operating the vending means, a magnet formoving; a magnetizable slug away from an efiective inserted position toand holding it in a position in which it will render said mechanisniineffective to operate said means, and means bperated. by said mechanismpreparatory to its reception oi a coin to impart a jolt to the magnetthere- .by to free such slug and discard it.

5, A vendingmachine having, in combination, vending means,coin-controlled mechanism for operating the vending means, a magnet forlifting a magnetizable slug away from an effective inserted position andsus taining it in a raised position in which it will render saidmechanism ineffective ,to operate said means, and means operated by saidmechanism preparatory to the insertion of a coin to impart a jolt to themagnet to cause the magnet to drop the slug and whereby the slug isdiscarded.

6. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanism having, incombination, a memher to be driven, a normally ineffective device to bemade effective by a coin for driv ing said member, a magnet to grip amagnetizable' slug inserted to an eflective position and prevent it.from rendering said device effective for driving said member, and

.means 0 erated by said device to impart a jolt to te magnet thereby tofree suc slug from the magnet and discard it'preparatory to theinsertion of a proper coin. v

7. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanism having, in,combination, a coin carrier made effective by a coin carried thereby, amagnet mounted to be moved so as to remove a magnetizable slug from thecoin carrier before such slug can make the coin carrier effective," andmeans operated by the coin'carrier for thus moving the magnet. V

8. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanism having, incombination, means to be operated by a moving coin, a coin carrierhaving on its upper side .a transverse coin-holdin slot for moving thecoin substantially fiatwise to operate said means, a magnet mounted tobe raised and having an end overlying the coin carrier. for lifting amagnetizable slug out of the coin-holding slot thereby to render suchslug ineffective to o erate said means, and means operated by t e coincarrier forrraising the magn 9. In a' vending machine, a coin-controlledmechanlsm having, in comb nation, means to be operated by a moving coin,a manually operable rocking coin carrierpivot'ed on a substantiallyhorizontal axis and provided at its top w1th a transverse coini-holdinslot for moving the coin substantiallyflatwlse to operate said means, acurved U-shaped magj net pivoted at its lower port-ion and extending.peripherally around the coin carrier with its poles overlying thecoin-holding slot in position to contact with the upper edge of a coinin the slot, a spring urging the magnet towards the coin carrier, a stopto limit the movement of the magnet to-- wards the coin carrier, a camlug on the com 10. The invention defined in claim 9,in

combination with a casing provided with a coin slot for the edgewiseinsertion of the coin and with which the coin-holding slot in the coincarrier is normally in alignment immediately inward therefrom to receiveand hold, the coin inserted edgewise through the coin slot in thecasing, and in which the spring-pressed poles of the magnet are spacedto receive between them the upper edge of the coin and move the coininto cooperative relation with the coin carrier and hold it in thecoin-holding slot of the coin carrier with its forward edge free fromthe coin slot in the casing.

11. In a vending machine, the combination of a coin carrier for moving acoin, a

casing provided with a coin slot for the insertion' of the coin to aposition in which it is free to be moved by the coin carrier, and aspring-pressed member separate from the coin carrier and mounted in thecasing for holding'the inserted coin free from thecoin slot in thecasing.

tion of a coin carrier for moving a coin flatwise with its upper edgeprojecting above the coin carrier, a casing provided with a coin slotforthe edgewise insertion of the moved by the coin carrier, andadownward- 1y spring-pressed member. overlyin the-coin carrier in aposition to engage. t e upper edge ofithe coin forwardly from its centerfor positioning and holding the inserted coin with its forward edge free"from the coin slot in the casing.

13. In a vending machine, the combina- 12. In a vending machine, thecombina-;-

coin to a position i'n'which it is free tobe 1 tion of means to be 0erated by a moving coin moved substantial y flatwise, a manuallyoperable rocking coin carrier pivoted on a substantially horizontal axisand rovlded at its to with a transverse coin-hol 'n slot 1 for movingthe coin substantially fiatwise to operate said means, a caslng providedwith a coin slot for the edgewlse insertion of 10 tween them the upperedge of a coin in the latter slot, :1 spring urging this lever towardsthe coin carrier for enabling the arms of said lever to move the coininto co-operative relation with the coin carrier and hold it there freefrom said coin slot in the easing and a stop to limit the movement ofsand lever towards the coin carrier.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe m si ature.

3 gn LOUIS H. MORIN.

